Hewlett-Packard Application Notes

 

Introduction by John Minck

In a real sense, Hewlett-Packard sold MEASUREMENTS as well as products. According to one marketing professional, when you go to a hardware store to buy a 5mm drill bit, what you really want is a 5mm hole. So, likewise, as HP developed their massive line of innovative measurement instruments, the customers often had to be educated in the newer processes of the new measurement techniques, permitted by the newest product.

In-depth discussions of important techniques developed by HP engineers and written by them are published in the Hewlett-Packard Application Note Series. You will find here a listing of the Hewlett-Packard Application Notes available. Further work will be done to make the following table interactive with the project DataBase. At this stage of the Web Site development, the listing gives the following information:

• AN-Nbr - The original numerical classification made by HP.
• DATE - When their is one appearing somewhere in the application note.
• Related Instr - The instrument for which the application note has been edited (if any). Or the
  instrument typical of the AN subject. XX number completion is frequently used and
  the "++" notation stand for "reference to the overall product line of the instrument listed"
• TITLE - The exact title and sub-title if any of the application note..

In the HP numbering and archiving strategy, Application Note titles were assigned to generic measurement tutorials, which might cover multiple instrument numbers. Another category of technical notes were called Product Notes. Product Notes were instrument-specific and although a wide range of topics were permitted, in general, PNs expanded on instrument performance characteristics beyond the Technical Data Sheet of product descriptions and specs.